A jury has sentenced Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death. The jury deliberated for more than 14 hours over parts of three days before reaching its decision. They were tasked with deciding whether Tsarnaev should be sentenced to life in prison or death.
At the request of the defense, the court polled the jurors, who verified that their sentence is death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. As the death sentence was read, several of the survivors and family members in the courtroom dabbed tears from their eyes. The family of 8-year-old Martin Richard, who was killed in the bombing, appeared stoic. They had opposed a death sentence.